1995      1996      1997

Champion Second Place Third place (tied) Third place (tied)
Kentucky Syracuse Massachusetts Mississippi State
Rick Pitino Jim Boeheim John Calipari Richard Williams

Active coaches (10+ games)

Rank Coach, Current school Yrs W-L Pct. Latest Final
All Trn 1996 (seed) All 4 2 1
1 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 21 12 0-1  (8) 39-10 .796 1996 7 5 2
2 Rick Pitino, Kentucky 14 7 6-0  (1) 21-6 .778 1996 3 1 1
3 Steve Fisher, Michigan 8 7 0-1  (7) 20-6 .769 1996 3 3 1
4 Roy Williams, Kansas 8 7 3-1  (2) 18-7 .720 1996 2 1 0
5 Bob Knight, Indiana 31 20 0-1  (6) 40-17 .702 1996 5 3 3
6 Dean Smith, North Carolina 35 26 1-1  (6) 61-26 .701 1996 10 5 2
7 Jerry Tarkanian, Fresno State 25 16   37-16 .698 1991 4 1 1
8 John Calipari, Massachusetts 8 5 4-1  (1) 11-5 .688 1996 1 0 0
9 Nolan Richardson, Arkansas 16 12 2-1  (12) 24-11 .686 1996 3 2 1
10 Denny Crum, Louisville 25 20 2-1  (6) 39-20 .661 1996 6 2 2
11 John Thompson, Georgetown 24 19 3-1  (2) 34-18 .654 1996 3 3 1
12 Bob Huggins, Cincinnati 15 6 3-1  (2) 11-6 .647 1996 1 0 0
13 Tom Davis, Iowa 25 9 1-1  (6) 15-9 .625 1996 0 0 0
14 Billy Tubbs, TCU 22 11   18-11 .621 1992 1 1 0
15 Jim Boeheim, Syracuse 20 17 5-1  (4) 27-17 .614 1996 2 2 0
T16 Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State 26 18   27-18 .600 1995 2 0 0
T16 Jeff Jones, Virginia 6 4   6-4 .600 1995 0 0 0
T16 Dave Odom, Wake Forest 10 6 3-1  (2) 9-5 .600 1996 0 0 0
19 Jim Calhoun, Connecticut 24 11 2-1  (1) 16-11 .593 1996 0 0 0
20 Rick Majerus, Utah 12 5 2-1  (4) 7-5 .583 1996 0 0 0
21 Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech 21 11 2-1  (3) 15-11 .577 1996 1 0 0
T22 Lon Kruger, Florida 14 6   8-6 .571 1995 1 0 0
T22 Bill Frieder, Arizona State 16 6   8-6 .571 1995 0 0 0
T22 Gary Williams, Maryland 17 6 0-1  (7) 8-6 .571 1996 0 0 0
25 Jim Harrick, UCLA 17 12 0-1  (4) 14-11 .560 1996 1 1 1
T26 John Chaney, Temple 24 12 1-1  (7) 15-12 .556 1996 0 0 0
T26 Tom Penders, Texas 25 8 1-1  (10) 10-8 .556 1996 0 0 0
28 Lute Olson, Arizona 23 17 2-1  (3) 22-18 .550 1996 3 0 0
29 Wimp Sanderson, Arkansas-Little Rock 14 10   12-10 .545 1992 0 0 0
T30 Gene Bartow, Ala.-Birmingham 34 12   14-12 .538 1994 2 1 0
T30 Clem Haskins, Minnesota 16 6   7-6 .538 1995 0 0 0
T32 Sonny Smith, Va. Commonwealth 20 6 0-1  (12) 7-6 .538 1996 0 0 0
33 Lefty Driesell, James Madison 34 12   15-13 .535 1994 0 0 0
34 Don Haskins, UTEP 35 14   14-13 .519 1992 1 1 1
35 Dale Brown, LSU 24 13   15-14 .517 1993 2 0 0
T36 Lou Henson, Illinois 34 18   19-19 .500 1995 2 0 0
T36 Larry Finch, Memphis 10 6 0-1  (5) 6-6 .500 1996 0 0 0
T38 Joey Meyer, DePaul 12 7   6-7 .462 1992 0 0 0
T38 Jerry Pimm, UC Santa Barbara 22 7   6-7 .462 1990 0 0 0
40 Eldon Miller, Northern Iowa 34 6   5-6 .455 1990 0 0 0
41 Norm Stewart, Missouri 35 15   12-15 .444 1995 0 0 0
42 Gene Keady, Purdue 18 13 1-1  (1) 10-13 .435 1996 0 0 0
T43 Pete Gillen, Xavier 11 7   5-7 .417 1993 0 0 0
T43 Pat Kennedy, Florida State 16 7   5-7 .417 1993 0 0 0
T45 Don DeVoe, Navy 23 8   5-8 .385 1994 0 0 0
T45 Dave Bliss, New Mexico 21 8 1-1  (7) 5-8 .385 1996 0 0 0
47 J. D. Barnett, Northwest State 18 7   4-7 .364 1987 0 0 0
48 Gale Catlett, West Virginia 24 10   5-10 .333 1992 0 0 0
49 Neil McCarthy, New Mexico State 21 9   4-9 .308 1994 0 0 0
50 Pete Carril, Princeton 30 11 1-1  (13) 4-11 .267 1996 0 0 0


Highlights:

Rick Pitino takes Kentucky to its sixth national title, leaves Roy Williams and Steve Fisher behind, and moves into second place at .778.
Jim Boeheim loses his second title game and moves up to .614 and fifteenth place.
John Calipari makes the Final Four, but the NCAA takes it away because of payments to his star Camby. If this Final Four trip is excluded, his record would only be .636, good for thirteenth place.
Bob Huggins moves up a couple of notches to number 12 after reaching the Elite Eight.
Roy Williams makes it to the Elite Eight, but it's not enough to keep up with Rick Pitino with whom he was tied last year.
Steve Fisher's first round loss drops him below .800 for the first time.





















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